Hello!

I want to use exec to execute a shoutcast server in c:\shoutcast\sc_serv.exe on my Windows server 2003 IIS server. So I use this code

PHP Code:

<?php exec("c:\shoutcast\sc_serv.exe");  ?>

It does execute the program, however, it's making the target of the program c:\windows\system32. Seeing as the configuration file for the sc_serv.exe is in c:\shoutcast\sc_serv.exe, it cannot find the configuration file. I need to somehow tell PHP that I want it to launch sc_serv.exe but with a target of d:\shoutcast ..

So I tried this:

PHP Code:

<?php shell_exec("cd c:\shoutcast");  shell_exec("sc_serv.exe"); ?>

But it executed it both commands as if it opened CMD, ran the first command, closed CMD, opened a NEW CMD and ran the last command. It didn't work.

If anyone could help me, I would REALLY appreciate it!

There's probably a better way, but since you're on a Windows box, create a .bat file with those 2 commands in it and just call it. May want to add @echo off to it.

Originally Posted by JeremyMiller

There's probably a better way, but since you're on a Windows box, create a .bat file with those 2 commands in it and just call it. May want to add @echo off to it.

That's a very good suggestion, however for each different shoutcast server I want to run, I'd have to create a batch file . The code I gave was a simplified code of what I'm really going to have. I wanted to have something along the lines of

PHP Code:

shell_exec("cd " . $path); 


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Well, batch files can take parameters. I believe you reference them by %1, %2, ... but you'd have to check that. You could then execute the batch file, pass the parameter and have what you want.


Also, you might be able to put both commands directly into the exec, separated by semicolons, but I don't remember enough batch programming to recall.

exec("cd c:\folder\ ; c:\shoutcast\sc.exe");